Neil Young to play benefit concerts for Alberta First Nation fighting oilsands

The Canadian Press12.09.2013

Canadian music legend Neil Young is scheduling four concerts in Canada to benefit a northern Alberta aboriginal band fighting oilsands development in its territory.Jason DeCrow
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP

Neil Young performs during the Farm Aid 2013 concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. Young is scheduling four concerts in Canada to benefit a northern Alberta aboriginal band fighting oilsands development in its territory.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hans Pennink

EDMONTON - Canadian music legend Neil Young is scheduling four concerts in Canada to benefit a northern Alberta aboriginal band fighting oilsands development in its territory.

The shows are to be held in January in Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary.

A spokeswoman for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says that Young has agreed to donate 100 per cent of ticket sales from the shows to fund the band's protest.

The First Nation is gearing up for a major legal fight after the federal government approved Shell Canada's Jackpine mine expansion on Friday.

An environmental assessment has said the development will cause irreversible environmental damage.

The band says it has received no information on how the company or government plans to compensate for the damage.

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